Latin America three months into the Trumpocalypse
Roger D. Harris and John Perry Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting the “flood of drugs,” combatting “threats to US security,” and stopping other countries from “ripping us off” […]
Biased UN report on Nicaragua ignores victims of US-backed opposition violence
MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height of a US- supported coup attempt against Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government, Urbina was one of those guarding the city’s municipal warehouse when it was attacked by around […]
The CAFTA treaty and the prospect of new US sanctions against Nicaragua
A briefing by the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, February 2025 Draft legislation from the last session of the United States Congress, likely to be reintroduced in the 119th session, appears to conflict with an important US trade treaty. If approved, the ill-named “Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act” (formerly numbered S.1881 in the Senate […]
Whether Biden or Trump, US’s Latin American Policy Will Still Be Contemptible
By John Perry and Roger D. Harris With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. In this article, we look at some of the speculation, then address three specific instances of how the US’s policy priorities may be viewed from a progressive, Latin […]
Development banker says US knew of plot to oust him over Nicaragua loans
The US government was aware of a campaign to remove a top development banker from power to stop anti-poverty loans to Nicaragua, where Washington sought regime change. In an exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Dante Mossi, who headed the Central American Bank for Economic Integration from 2018 to 2023, denounced a plot by “Costa Rica […]
John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on